assembly draws near. >> this is not a drill. this is real. >> the plan to balance baltimore's budget. how it could cost you. >> and airline charges. what you could be paying for now. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i will jennifer gilbert. we are down to the final minutes of the 2010 general assembly. lawmakers are busy trying to pass last minute legislation. john rydell is standing by live in annapolis, with a story of one bill that made it through. john? >>well, the mother of a young salisbury girl that was killed late last year is pleased with the outcome of this key compromise. the bill closely followed throughout the 90 day session. well lawmakers tonight, have agreed to increase the mandatory minimum sentence of those people convicted of the

second-degree-rape of children from five years to 15 years. >> some had sought 20 years with no parole. but the mother of sarah foxwell is pleased with this outcome. >> it is a piece. you know, nothing will ever bring back sara a but it is a piece knowing we can continue to advocate for our children, and now we have laws in place to protect our children. a lot more than they did before. >> now, another action tonight. the general assembly has failed to enact another bill that would crackdown on first time drunk drivers. it would have required those drivers to use an ignition interlock system. but the house and senate could not reach any kind of compromise. and this bill has failed. live at the statehouse. john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition". >> john, lawmakers worked on other things as well. in annapolis earlier today. child support payments will change for the first time in 20 years. increasing to $15,000. 16-years-old will be allowed to register to vote. but will still be unable to vote

unless they are 18 years of age. using a hand-held cell phone while driving will be ban. drivers would be fined $40 the first time. and $100 if they are caught again. >> and senators have weakened a measure concerning reading texts and driving. banning it only when a car is in motion. lawmakers need to hash out now the differences between the house and the senate bills. >> the final day of the session led to a tea party rally in annapolis. same group speaking out against federal spending today was protesting against state spending. the people that gathered in annapolis city dock say more needs to be done to cut the budget and limit government. >> now, folks are incredibly upset with the way governor o'malley managed the budget. we have the largest state budget deficit in history. and they want to see changes. they want to see somebody, policy changes, for somebody that will manage the budget. >> more than 50 people showed up for the rally. >> baltimore city's mayor unveils her budget plan for the

next fiscal year. she will not raise property taxes or cut police but they say it does include major cutbacks and it will cost city essence and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is trying to fix a $121 million deficit. and her plan calls for both deep cuts and new taxes. the mayor said she will cut $70 million from the budget. to do so, at least, 250 city workers are laid off. plans to increase taxes and create new user fees that would generate another $50 million in revenue. with it, the mayor said cutting police and fire would not be necessary. >> this is not a drill. this is real. and if we don't fix a budget right away. public safety and central services at-risk. >> the mayor wants to raise income, hotel and energy taxes. but one of the biggest increases would affect parking rates. by raising parking taxes, fees and fines, the rates of meter spots in neighborhoods would

double. and some drivers don't like that. >> it is kind of hitting you twice. economy is bad. and now you have to pay more for parking. kind of a double hit for working people in the city. >> i think everybody is willing to pay their fair share. as long as they know the government is going to do their job, and keep the costs in line. >> and 1 more controversial cost. the mayor wants to add a surcharge to beverage bottles and cans. four cents per container. that alone could generate $11 million for the city. but all subject to council approval. melinda roeder, fox 45 news "late edition". >> and that now brings us to the question of the day. how do you think baltimore city should balance its own budget? so far 63 percent say cuts. 25 percent say new revenue. 12 percent say both. tia writes on facebook, budget should be balanced slowly. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is making sharp cuts in all programs, all at once. >> that could hurt recommend

centers and kids alike. >> just go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore. text your answer to 45203. you can enter fox 45 a for cuts. fox 45 b for new revenue and fox 45 c for both. >> first on fox. the family of christopher jones files a civil lawsuit against the arundel county school system. jones was killed in his crofton neighborhood last may. police say it involved gangs. the lawsuit blames the school for wrongful death. school administrators will not comment. but they say steps have been taken to curb gang violence. >> we continue our anti-bullying efforts. we have done gang awareness, drug awareness seminars for parents in conjunction with local police departments, with the county, state attorney eves. we participate in both the county and regional gang awareness program. >> the parents of six teens

involved in the fight are named in the lawsuit. each being sued for $10 million. >> hard to see the weekend when it is this nice on monday. >> it was beautiful. chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with a look ahead at the forecast. vytas? >> yeah, generaler and jeff. beautiful weekend to be out and about. and it looks like we started the work week nice out there. with sunshine. mainly clear skies. few high thin clouds working in. now on hd radar. we have showers dealing with tomorrow. and, in fact, looking at the radar. nothing out there right now. but over parts of the great lakes. we see shower activities, from wisconsin, northern suburbs up there of chicago. we will continue to see the rain move across the state of michigan, down over ohio. and by tomorrow, we could get rain here. highs today in the lower 70s. but we are seeing the temperatures currently in the lower 60s and some upper 50s, 49 in northern virginia and winchester. we will see cooler temperatures tomorrow, on the next day planner. expect showers by the actual keep the umbrellas with you.

with the temperatures topping out only in the mid to upper 50s. back to you guys. >> enough is enough. that's what one senator said when it comes to one airline's plan to charge for carry on luggage. last week spirit airlines announced it would charge up to $45 for carry ons. and today new york senator charles shurmur said the plan is outrageous and he wants to pass legislation that would stop t spirit executive say it would reduce the number of carry on bags and speeding up boarding. and another airline is coming up with creative things to charge for. european discount airlines ryan air is working on a plan to develop coin operated toilets. airline plans to charge $1.30, to $1.50 to use the bathroom on the airplane. >> the gang members busted for

heroin. how some were connected to an organization that got money from the city. >> leaders gather in d.c. to talk about nuclear weapons. still ahead as the "late edition" continues. the country is not invited. and the topics not on the agenda. >> comedian

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>> a major heroin bust in the city of baltimore. tonight how two of the suspects charged are linked to a program that received hundreds of thousands of dollars in city grant money. keith daniels explains tonight, from the federal courthouse. >> well, according to the affidavit, these two suspects worked for the coil community group. and we have learned that group received about $400,000 in city grants, in 2007. now federal prosecutors have charged 13 people believed to be associated with the baltimore gorilla family. one of the city's deadliest gangs. group accused of distributing heroin. now according to the affidavit, the suspects and their gang tried to control the heroin trade in baltimore. with violence that includes murder, and prosecutors believe this bust is a giant step in the fight against violent crimes in baltimore city. >> just by prosecuting individual members of the gang you do not necessarily stop the violence. in order to stop the violence you have to get at the

leadership of the gangs, and the structures of the gang. >>well, among those charged, todd duncan, aka donnie. accused of leading the gang's operation in baltimore. and also arrested ronald scott. aka piper. federal investigators say these two worked for communities organized to improve life or coil. a non-profit in west baltimore that runs adult literacy programs and provides other community outreach services. federal prosecutors say so far no one has been charged with gang-related charges. but they say this investigation is not over. we're at the u.s. federal courthouse. keith daniels, fox 45 news "late edition". >> investigators say human error most likely caused a plane crash that killed poland's and the almost 100 others. today rescuers recovered the body of poland's first lady. the plane's black boxes revealed the pilot decided to land

despite being encouraged not to. meanwhile polish americans are mourning the loss, with memorials and cities including dallas, new york and phoenix. >> even though we are americans and have been here for many years. our hearts will always be with poland. >> a funeral for the first family could take place saturday. top officials insisting the funeral be put off until all 96 victims remains are found and identified. >> dozens of world leaders descend on washington d.c. for a nuclear summit. the goal to find ways to keep terrorists in rogue countries from getting their hands on nuclear weapons. absent is north korea and iran. they were not invited. not on at general daand some say it is a mistake. >> when you don't talk about the stability of the pakistan nuclear arsenal. or controversial issues like iran for example,. you really undermine the whole r effort. >> the summit is the largest

hosted by a u.s. president since the conference held in 1945, in san francisco california. that meeting, helped found the united nationss. >> a french explorer makes history with a little help from a hot air balloon. 63-year-old man is now the first person to fly solo over the north pole in a hot air balloon. his flight covered over 2000 miles. dare devil is no stranger to the north pole. back in 1986, he crossed it on foot. by himself. >> wow! >> well, beautiful start to the work week. but rain could be on the way. >> yeah. it is april. chief meteorologist vytas reid joins with us a closer look at the sky watch forecast. vytas? >> we are seeing decent conditions out there. especially over the weekend. but few changes. cooler air coming in into tomorrow. and looking out there right now. hd skycam. downtown. relatively quiet conditions. beautiful night. it is still nice out there.

temperatures wise. but we will continue to see temperatures cool off more. for the overnight into tomorrow. looking at temperatures at 54 degrees. partly cloudy skies. winds are calm. and our humidity levels sitting at 63 -- or 53 percent. at this time. looking at the almanac page. story of the day. 71 degrees was the high. normally we are at 63. so we are seeing temperatures above normal. especially over the weekend. nice conditions. but back in the range of where we should be over the next couple of days. in fact, maybe cooler as we go into tomorrow. our highs today. across the area. lower 70s. looking at 72 in baltimore. 73 the high in d.c.. and 70 in salisbury. and hagerstown. 71 degrees. and currently across the state. cooler. off the coast at 48 right now. and 62 still downtown baltimore. 60 in d.c. 56n fredericksberg. and as we continue to see a frontal boundary building in from the northwest t cools things off. bringing in clouds. you can see the temperatures in the 50s north. and then we have a upper level low that will develop on that

front that wraps in a little bit of atlantic moisture and then also the cooler air as we go into tomorrow. so continue to see this moisture building in. from the northwest. and this will continue to track down to our area by tomorrow afternoon. so take the umbrellas with you. probably get a few showers. leading us into the evening rush hour. timing this here. you can see how the system comes down out of the great lakes, slips into the region, around noon. and through the evening hours. then push off to the east. and then clearing as we round out the middle and end of the week. so tonight looking at 52. clouds gathering. for tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies. with a chance for showers. temperatures right around 58. and then your five-day forecast. shows 63 on wednesday. and more sunshine on thursday. high of 73 degrees. and few showers again on friday. and then for the weekend. it looks like things won't be rained out. more showers in the forecast. >> women in the middle east are opting for surprising

procedures. still ahead in the late edition. find out why they are going under the knife. >> cot awesome baltimore orioles snap the three game losing streak and win their first home game of the season tonight? highlights of the game against

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xñ >> conan o'brien has a new home for his late last tv slot. he will debut a new show come november on tbs. airs monday through thursday at 11:00. o'brien left nbc back in january after hosting "the tonight show" for eight months. jay leno reclaimed the hour after o'brien's poor showing in the ratings. >> many iraqis are flooding hospitals not to be treated for war wounds only. a lot of them getting elective plastic surgery. doctors say the demand for plastic surgery has skyrocketed. coming in for him knee tucks, eye lifts, nose jobs. one doctor has an idea why the procedures are on the rise. >> i think because they are

watching tv too much. now international, you know, satellite has brought up such a culture. new culture. to a society. >> well in addition to plastic surgery, salon business in iraq, is booming. >> get this. it took less than a minute to turn texas stadium into a pile of ruble on sunday. thousands came out to watch the early morning implosion of the stadium. which was home to the dallas cowboys for 37 seasons. kraft foods sponsored an essay contest for the honor of setting off the more than 2000 pounds of dynamite. the winner, 11-year-old casey rogers, started a charity to help the homeless in dallas, texas. 700 of the world's fastest sports stackers, faced off in denver, colorado over the weekend. competitors have to stack plastic cups into pyramids, then break them down as quickly as

possible. the annual championship attracted stackers from 18 nations. as you can well understand. ranging in age from under four to over 80. organizers hope new world records were set this year. >> and a 15-foot high, 3500-pound lawn gnome is watching iowa state university's romaine gardens. at the time the sculptor was commissioned it would have been the largest in the world. but a taller one was built in poland. so the gardens have come up with creative marketing to attract visitors. >> poland has 18-foot one but made of fiber glass but ours is concrete. >> the orioles continue their homestand tonight hosting tampa bay in the first of three game set. and birds needed a win. they went into tonight at 1-5. slowest start since 2002. bottom of the first. no score felix peia leads off. drives it to deep right.

finds the seats. for the solo home run. his first. and orioles take a early lead. and guthrie, got to start for the o's. looking for the first win of the year. top of the third. reid takes guthrie's pitch to the flag court for the solo home run. his first of the year. game tied at one. and top of the sixth. game still tied. ben zobrist lines one in to center. adam jones races in and dives. and cannot make the catch. ball is passed. and that allows crawford to score. zobrist headed for third. he slides in safely with a triple. and the rays take a lead. and bottom of the seventh. o's now trail 3-1. adkins with a liner to deep left. and crawford leaves his feet. makes a five and catch. look again. full extension by crawford. robbing adkins of extra bases. garza appreciating the effort. top of the eighth. rays add insurance. crawford blasts to to right

center. for the first home run of the year. and handing orioles their loss. before the game. as expected brian roberts was placed on 15 day disabled list. he hurt his abdominal muscle sliding into second there in friday's opener. move retroactive to saturday. so he is eligible to come off dl sunday. turner called up from norfolk to fill the spot but lugo will probably get the majority of the starts in robert's absence. >> across town. ravens are not entirely sure what are to do about a kicker but they will give the incumbent a shot. billy cundiff signed today. one of 15 restricted free agents to do so. he connect order 12 of 17 field owe goals in nine games after he replaced the released haush a may sign another veteran like shayne graham to create competition in training camp. ravens signed john beck to a free agent tender as well. back to you.

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showers possible. with temperatures topping out around 69 degrees. we will hold on into the 60s, mid to upper 60s saturday. sunday, early parts of next week o monday, jennifer and jeff. >> thank you so much. and you can be in charge of your own personalized weather forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> finally this evening. one iowa teenager does not have to be concerned about anybody else wearing the same prom dress this year. >> for sure. elizabeth made this dress and a vest for her date. both completely out of wrappers from wrigley five gum. the high school jr. started collecting the wrappers last summer. got the idea when she heard about somebody making a dress out of duct tape last year. >> that looks good. >> interesting. yeah. reused, recycle. >> probably said honey you smell sweet tonight. i would rather see something

from the ba coup ca joe collection. >> look good with the powder blue tux you had. >> with the ruffles, yeah, nice, 1988. >> 88? >> oh, well. >> i will let it go. >> off a decade. >> that's all for the "late edition". thank you for joining us. 1992. see you again tomorrow night. take care. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning chocolate taste in every bite.

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